Author Archives: Bob Hill

OK, so, word is out: A Good Day to Die Hard is fucking atrocious and Josh Duhamel’s Safe Haven is equally bad. Given what little else modern cinema has to offer this coming weekend – with the towering exception of … Read More

Here is what you need to know about The ABCs of Death (a 26-chapter montage of fatal shorts, helmed by 26 international directors, each of whom chose a word/phrase beginning with a different letter of the alphabet to base his/her … Read More … Read More

“I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I do not respect the law; I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the … Read More

Click through for full-size images.   … Read More

Anyone who’s interested in understanding how modern film culture operates need look no further than the critical reviews for Sam Peckinpah’s classic western, The Wild Bunch. These days, The Wild Bunch is widely considered to be a cinematic masterpiece, achieving … Read More … Read More

“Things in the entire landscape of films, like what it means to be a filmmaker, are completely shifting. That’s something that I became aware of really fast. It used to be that you would hear stories about people who got … Read More

Click through for full-size images.   … Read More

Roger Ebert once wrote that, “Movies are hardly ever about what they seem to be about,” and Steven Soderbergh’s latest film is certainly no exception to this rule. On the surface, Side Effects is a deeply satisfying psychological thriller with … Read More … Read More

“The financial industry had always been intended to be something of an unseen backroom support for the broader economy, helping new businesses get off the ground and mature companies adapt and expand. Yet, in the years leading up to the … Read More

Click through for full-size images.  … Read More